Assisted dying ‘abused’ in Canada, admits group that helped legalise it

Scheme originally intended for terminally ill has been expanded, with one patient offered it for hearing loss, leaked call reveals

Assisted dying is being abused in Canada with doctors coercing patients into ending their lives, members of the group who helped to legalise it have admitted.

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) was introduced for the terminally ill in Canada in 2016 after a campaign group took a case to the country’s supreme court.

Assisted dying has since been rapidly expanded, with disabled people given access in 2021 and those with mental health conditions set to join them by 2027.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMAiD Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Justin Trudeau is spoiling for a fight, even if it means taking his party down with him

Pity Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who can’t so much as order a coffee in Ottawa Centre without being asked, “Cream or sugar, sir? And also: why won’t you step down?”

The question has dogged the Prime Minister for months, ever since it became clear, after the Liberals’ by-election defeat in its former stronghold of Toronto-St. Paul’s in June, that the party rescued by Mr. Trudeau more than a decade ago is now being marched into electoral oblivion by his lead.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Ottawa must amend criminal code to send you to jail for pointing out the fake graves scam is a scam says special interlocutor

Ottawa must combat residential school denialism by amending Criminal Code, special interlocutor says

The federal government must address residential school denialism by amending the Criminal Code to make it an offence to wilfully promote hatred against Indigenous peoples by downplaying or justifying the harms the institutions caused, a special interlocutor has said in a final report.

Kimberly Murray, the Independent Special Interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites associated with Indian residential schools, released her findings Tuesday in

Gatineau, Que. She was appointed to her role in June, 2022, by the federal Justice Minister and was given a two-year term. In June, her mandate was extended for six months.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Residential School Mass Grave Mania"

The crazy mirror world of Canadian trans politics

Canada, bastion of agreeableness, is facing an “extremist threat.” Who are these dangerous terrorists, threatening to destroy the maple syrupy vibes we have so long enjoyed in America’s very polite, but very dull, neighbour? Apparently, it’s the people who still recall the difference between mommy and daddy, and refuse to pretend otherwise.

Earlier this year, Canada’s intelligence agency, CSIS, warned of an impending “extremist” threat. Based on a report by the Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre (ITAC), CSIS determined that the “anti-gender movement,” made up of Canadian citizens concerned about the various impacts of trans ideology on kids, women, and free speech, could “inspire and encourage serious violence against the 2SLGBTQI+ community.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

The Glory of America After Trump Wins

Next week, we face a choice. It is a huge choice. A yuge choice, if you will. The ramifications are enormous. Historic. It’s easy to forget that we are watching history happen. When you read about the past, you read about about when LBJ quit or when JFK was shot. Those are historic moments written in the history books. And we are living through history now. We had both of those things happen again in just the last few months, a dropout and an assassination attempt, except they tried to kill Trump twice and they failed. For those of us who love history, it is remarkable that we are part of it. I remember overhearing command net radio calls during the Gulf War that I later read about in books. Savor it. You are part of forever just for being alive now. People will read about this election cycle for centuries to come, assuming there’s still an America.

h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2024, President Trump

Hezbollah names the late Naim Qassem as new boss

Hezbollah has chosen Naim Qassem as its new leader to replace Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike last month.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the Lebanese militant group, announced that the Shura Council, its main central decision-making body, had “agreed to elect his Eminence Sheikh Naim Qassem as secretary-general of Hezbollah”.

h/t patthedog

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHezbollah

Conservative housing proposal puts Liberals on the back foot

The Conservatives promised buyers of newly built homes that they’d save thousands of dollars on their mortgage payments. The Liberals complained the Tory plan would cut funding for municipalities.

One of these parties understands who votes. The other doesn’t seem to.

It’s pretty clear the key political issue in Canada is affordability. The housing crisis is a big, looming, social problem but a 34-year-old who can’t even think about buying a house understands it in terms of dollars.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

The Media Is Implementing Sinwar’s Genocidal Strategy

Following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, documentary evidence has emerged confirming what many observers already knew: namely, that Sinwar weaponized the death of Gazan civilians, especially women and children.

He understood that the media would emphasize these civilian deaths, attribute them all to Israel, and increase the pressure on the Israeli government to satisfy Hamas’s unreasonable demands. This is how the Wall Street Journal put it, following a lengthy investigation.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Ottawa will not challenge Quebec’s law allowing advance requests for MAID

Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says Ottawa will not be contesting Quebec’s law that allows advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAID).

Instead, the federal government will launch a countrywide consultation on the issue next month, with a report set to be published in March 2025.

The province passed a law updating its assisted-dying legislation last year, but delayed accepting advance requests so that the Criminal Code could be amended.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMAiD Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

In LA, 70 per cent of people are telling me they’ll vote for Trump

In 2016 I believed Hillary would triumph, and dressed up as her for Halloween. I won’t make the same mistake again

I’m rummaging through our dressing up drawer, trying to find inspiration for this year’s Halloween outfit.

When I see it. Hillary Clinton’s face hasn’t aged well. The cheeks are sallow and concave, the forehead pockmarked where the latex has begun to deteriorate – and yet despite these ravages the former Secretary of State is still baring her teeth in a rictus grin.

I last wore this mask eight years ago, almost to the day, and suddenly I’m taken back to the night I put it on and went trick-or-treating in the streets around our house in LA. It was eight days before the 2016 election and the general, pretty smug consensus was that Hillary was going to win.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2024

AGAR: Unsaved millions mean residents don’t matter at city hall

Over the weekend, Toronto budget chief Shelley Carroll conducted a mock budget session with listeners on Newstalk1010 Toronto and I give her credit for doing it.

However, her response on just one issue should be instructive to any taxpayer in any city, town or territory in Canada.

She was asked why Toronto still adheres to a policy that only allows contracts — on an estimated $1.65 billion in construction — to companies whose workers belong to a group of favoured unions.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

Dems Panicking Because Literally Hitler™ Attacks Aren’t Working

Vice President and Anointed Democrat Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris doesn’t seem to have a clue about running an effective presidential campaign — or much of anything else, for that matter. To call her campaign “scattershot” would be an insult to 12-gauge shotguns with three-inch barrels. Harris-Walz has been the Spaghetti Approach campaign, throwing everything against the wall and hoping something sticks.

Good thread on the TrumpHitler gambit …

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2024